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A 17-year-old was shot in the leg by Milwaukee police after officers followed a group of dirt bikes from a reported shooting near 15th Street and West Greenfield Avenue to an alley close to 7th and Scott Street. The Milwaukee police shooting happened at about 9.30pm on Wednesday, September 30, after officers were called to reports of shots fired at around 9.21pm. Residents directed them towards dirt bikes leaving the area, according to the police department. Officers followed the bikes and saw a masked suspect carrying a rifle as he ran through an alley, police said. The teenager was shot…

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has appointed Southern Star Research to manage its planned phase two Crohn’s disease trial in Australia and the United States, as the Perth-based company prepares to begin testing its StemSmart cell therapy by the end of the year. The study will focus on patients with refractory Crohn’s disease, including fistulising Crohn’s, a severe form in which ulcers can develop into abnormal tunnels linking the bowel with other organs or the skin. Southern Star Research will identify and establish clinical sites, work with clinicians and principal investigators, and coordinate the delivery of StemSmart to enrolled patients. The Australian clinical…

The Hackney Islamic Community Centre is facing a Charity Commission investigation after sermons shared online allegedly encouraged husbands to hit their wives and endorsed the execution of gay people and those accused of witchcraft. The east London mosque, also known as Masjid Daar Al-Hadeeth, has been reported to the regulator by the National Secular Society (NSS), which said the material was incompatible with charitable status. The Charity Commission said it had opened a regulatory compliance case to assess concerns about sermons and social media content linked to the centre. It will consider whether further action, including a statutory inquiry, is…

India’s factory growth has climbed to a seven-month high, driven by a surge in demand, according to the latest purchasing managers’ index (PMI). The reading points to stronger momentum across the country’s manufacturing sector, with rising demand supporting the improvement in factory activity.

Macklemore’s Free Palestine tour has sold out all three of its shows in London, Paris and Dublin, with the US rapper saying he was “blown away” by the response. The concerts were announced earlier this month after Macklemore, whose real name is Benjamin Haggerty, was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour following comments he made about Gaza. Tickets for the new shows went on sale on Wednesday. Macklemore said the events had been organised quickly with artists and friends to raise humanitarian aid and support people in Palestine. “All three shows sold out immediately. I’m honestly blown away,” the 43-year-old…

Text messages released by Washington Governor Bob Ferguson’s office have shed new light on the nearly five-hour delay before officials addressed the public after the deadly Bite of Seattle shooting. Three people were killed and four others injured when gunfire broke out at Seattle Center during the food festival at about 6pm on July 26. Thousands of visitors and vendors were at the event when shots were fired. The messages, shared as screenshots, show confusion among senior officials over whether a press conference was taking place and who had been informed. Ferguson and US Representative Pramila Jayapal were apparently under…

Woollahra mayor Sarah Dixson has faced criticism after revealing she had looked up the value of housing advocate Justin Simon’s home during a heated council debate over plans for 9,400 new homes in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The five-hour extraordinary meeting on Wednesday was called to determine Woollahra Council’s response to state government rezoning plans, which would concentrate higher-density development around Woollahra and Edgecliff railway stations, including towers of up to 32 and 34 storeys. More than 10 housing advocates addressed the public forum, while several of the 13 councillors in attendance challenged their arguments. The meeting was marked by repeated…

Burundi is set to accept third-country deportees from the United States, in a move involving people being removed to a country other than their own. No further details were provided on the number of deportees or when they would be transferred.

US defence secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the Pentagon to cut 20% of positions held by generals and admirals, in a major shake-up of the military’s senior leadership. Announcing the measure during a “State of the Force” address at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia on Wednesday, Hegseth said the reduction would be completed by January 1, 2027. He described the move as “accountability and long overdue”. The plan applies to roughly 800 general and flag officer positions across the Army, Navy and Air Force, including joint commands. It would remove about 170 posts from the military’s chain of command,…

Augustus Minerals has identified two higher-grade gold shoots at its Music Well project near Leonora in Western Australia, with both zones remaining open to the north-north-east and along strike. The interpretation at the Clifton East prospect combines recent diamond and reverse circulation drilling with assay results and surface soil sampling. Augustus said the western shoot is supported by soil geochemistry extending across more than 400 metres, while the eastern zone is traced by pathfinder elements over about 300 metres. Earlier reverse circulation drilling produced several significant intersections within the broader system, including 11 metres at 2.41 grams per tonne of…